Swiftcurrent Creek And do our talking with a laser beam

perhaps it was forward, but lestan began to smile before the girl ever introduced herself. "i c-can h-hear him in y-your voice," he said, trying not to be rattled by mae's casual mention of the things which howled at him in the night —
"w-we're c-cousins too, th-then," he went on, "a p-pleasure."